[godfromdfo]

As the title says, which setup would be best for pcsx2 and in generalisation?

The following desktops are all under 1000 pounds, the cheaper the one that can use pcsx2 good the better lol :>

1: Dell Studio XPS Desktop

i7 920 @ 2.66ghz, 8mb cache, 4.8GT/sec
4850 ATI Radeon @ 512mb
3gb 1067MHz DDR3 Tri Channel

2: Customise your Alienware Aurora high performance gaming desktop computer
Numbah-507881

Athlon Dual Core X2 7750 Black Edition 2.7GHz(2x 512MB L2, 2MB L3 Cache)
9800 GT Nvidia @ 512mb
4GB 800mhz DDR2 SDRAM Dual Channel

3: Customise your Area-51® 750i Hardcore Gaming Desktop | Alienware
Numbah-507882

Core 2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz 6MB Cache 1333MHz FSB
Nvidia 9800 GT PCI-E
2gb 800mhz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM

4: Dell Dell XPS 430 Desktop Product Details

Core 2 Quad Core Processor Q8200 (2.33GHz, 1333MHz, 4MB cache)
1GB ATI Radeon 3870 X2
4gb 1067 MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM

5: Dell Dell Studio

Core 2 Quad-Core Q9400 Processor (2.66GHz, 6MB cache, 1333MHz FSB)
512MB nVidia GeForce 9800GT
4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM

6: Dell XPS 625 Desktop

AMD Phenom X4 9850+ Black Edution: (2.5GHz, 125W)
DUAL CrossFire 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4670
3gb ddr2

7: Currys - Shop for Desktop PCs - Packard Bell iPower X9910 High performance gaming PC with NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 260 graphics

Core 2 Quad Q9400 processor(2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 6MB Cache)
896MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 graphic
4gb ddr2

8: Currys - Shop for Desktop PCs - Acer Aspire Predator G7200 Defender Quad-Core Gaming PC with ATI Radeon HD4850 graphics

AMD Phenom X4 9750 Quad-Core processor(2.40GHz, 2MB Cache)
512MB ATI Radeon HD4850 graphics
4gb ddr2

9: Dell Dell XPS 430 Desktop Product Details

Core 2 Quad Core Processor Q8200 (2.33GHz, 1333MHz, 4MB cache
1GB ATI Radeon 3870 X2 graphics card
4gb 1067 MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM

10: Buy Fujitsu-Siemens AMILO Pi3630 Blu-Ray Desktop. at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for .

Quad Core Q8300 processor 2.5ghz 4mb
nVidia GeForce 9600GT 512mb
4gb ddr2

Thanks for reading, please help

 

[RealityX]

Go with #7, pcsx2 is very reliant on cpu speeds so you want as much of that as possible, hopefully you can overclock that to 3.0ghz atleast. And it runs better on nvidia cards, a gtx260 is good card.

 

[Princess Garnet]

Can any of those even be overclocked? If not, I really have to advise you not to bother spending so much on one if it's for PCSX2, when you could assemble (or buy) a budget level PC with a basic but overclocking capable motherboard, a decent dual core CPU, and a decent GeForce 8800GT range or higher video card, that will both outperform all of those in PCSX2, and cost less to do it. Those are all decent PCs on their own, but for the cost and the lack of overclocking (which is ideal for PCSX2), I couldn't advise any if it's for PCSX2.

 

[Metherlance]

Can any of those even be overclocked? If not, I really have to advise you not to bother spending so much on one if it's for PCSX2, when you could assemble (or buy) a budget level PC with a basic but overclocking capable motherboard, a decent dual core CPU, and a decent GeForce 8800GT range or higher video card, that will both outperform all of those in PCSX2, and cost less to do it. Those are all decent PCs on their own, but for the cost and the lack of overclocking (which is ideal for PCSX2), I couldn't advise any if it's for PCSX2.

.x2

 

[buugtdbgt]

id say no 2 cuz its rlly cheep n my 2.7ghz can run alot of these games at full speed or at 50fps which is near full speed

 

[redlofredlof]

the one with the fastest cpu will be the best. aka the 2.7ghz computer in the list.

 

[Princess Garnet]

2.66 Core 2 GHz is faster than 2.7 Athlonx2 GHz, so no, the second won't be the fastest.

 

[godfromdfo]

hmm.. wouldnt the i7 be the best hands down? alot of people are saying the i7's the best 0_o

 

[Metherlance]

hmm.. wouldnt the i7 be the best hands down? alot of people are saying the i7's the best 0_o

I've heard it's not so good for PCSX2, but yeah - it's by far the best processor under normal circumstances.

 

[rama2]

Guys, he wants a pc for pcsx2. What are you doing recommending the athlon?

Edit:
Oh, none of these are good. Build your own using a core2duo E8400, and a geforce 9800gtx.
Then overclock the cpu towards 4ghz.
That will be the best computer for pcsx2 you can buy at this time

Edit2:
If you don't want to (or can't) build / oc your pc, then go with #7.
It will be fast enough for many games and it has a good vga card (avoid ATI cards with pcsx2).

 

[godfromdfo]

Guys, he wants a pc for pcsx2. What are you doing recommending the athlon?

Edit:
Oh, none of these are good. Build your own using a core2duo E8400, and a geforce 9800gtx.
Then overclock the cpu towards 4ghz.
That will be the best computer for pcsx2 you can buy at this time

Edit2:
If you don't want to (or can't) build / oc your pc, then go with #7.
It will be fast enough for many games and it has a good vga card (avoid ATI cards with pcsx2).

ahh, cool, I was thinking about building my own... I dont know how to do it though lol >_> what other stuff would I need/you recomend?